| Wayfarers Complete Sailing the
Entire Coast of Norway by Circumnavigating the North Cape |
| the log (added 27 Dec 2014 from the UK Wayfarer News, Spring 2006) http://www.wayfarerjoller.dk/4935/ |
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Original Message -----
From:
KEN/K.H.Jensen
To:
Al Uncle Schönborn ; Allan W7556 Parry ; SVH/Sven H. Jensen ; KRI/
Kr.Th. Jensen ; Rolf Hartvig-Hansen ; Frank W48 Wanderer Dye ; Poul
Ammentorp ; Elof-Karen W5131 Andersen ; Kjell W4878 Gjære ; Bente
Tom W6220 Damgaard ; Ralph M. Roberts ; Egon W9283 Madsen ; Neel J.
& Bo Christensen ; Søren Sanger Rønn
Sent:
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:40 AM
Subject:
North Cape 20-21 jun 05
Hello WAYFARERS - North Cape
News of 2005 JUN 22 !
Very late to bed last
night after driving 650 km from the morning at Honningsvåg by
North Cape we were lucky to catch the last flight in the
evening from Kirkenes by Russian border, to fly 1hr. 50min
back here to Oslo, where we by car northbound had used 30 hours
continuous driving being 4 drivers taking turns to drive the car with
the trailer behind pulling Wayfarer 4935 - gorgeous trip!
 From the North Cape
plateau 307 m above sea level, we watched the Arctic Ocean below and
down there W4935 had passed by 2½ hours earlier. We had
been out from the nightstop place Gjesvik (where we all four slept in a
small cabin on a jetty by the harbour with W4935 - who used
10½ hours from Hammerfest to there - tied up below) on a
"Bird Safari" to see *bird mountains* with sea-eagles and the largest
single colony of 360.000-400.000 pairs of Puffins (Norw.
'Lundefugl') called the Sea-Parrot in some languages.
 Paid a lot of money for that whereas Jon Saxhaug & Jo Herstad in W4935 did the sightseeing free of charge! They later ran into double reefed mainsail and small jib conditions, and strong currents before being becalmed at *Kinnarodden* (meaning the point/cape by Kinna before/west of Gamvik), where they floated about enjoying fresh caught Cod with wine and later Coffee avec - some kind of tasty fluid added while hailing the midnight sun or fog! Last message from last night (21st JUN 05)!  Ken Jr. 50 m. south of the very edge of Europe  The real northernmost point of Europe in the background At N. Cape I climbed -
demanding work - down to Hornvika (narrow bay) where King
Chualonghorn of Siam in 1907 with party in boats had landed
and climbed up 307 meters to walk on the plateau. In the Panorama
Building - built into the rocky north face of N. Cape - there is a
Panorama showing this and also a small Thai Museum (like a small
WAT temple) with a statue of the great King Chualonghorn much admired
for his doings - among others opening up Siam towards the West,
and having a fine relationship with the Kings and Kingdoms of
Scandinavia. Impressive to think that nearly 100 years ago, he walked
around up here, and indeed you really had to walk and climb
then !
W4935 voyage covered
by W1348 as reporter - with K.jr. + K.sr. being 'pit'-crew/support team
for the first phase.
Ken W1348 "Maitken". |
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Original Message -----
From:
KEN/K.H.Jensen
To:
Al Uncle Schönborn
Sent:
Monday, June 27, 2005 5:42 PM
Subject:
Nordkapp voyage completed
 Hi Al,
... The boys of W4935
arrived this evening at Kirkenes and are now enjoying beer and
potatoes. They really appreciated my *W-trysail* in rough
conditions with 3-4 meter waves into Vardø. Tomorrow they'll
start the very long car-journey southb. for Oslo. Happy indeed I am
now, and shall pour myself a WHISKEY to celebrate the safe arrival!
W-regards Ken
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